Many women undergo a D&C after a pregnancy loss, even though for most, a miscarriage will complete safely and without interference on its own within hours, days or weeks. This study indicates that a D&C increases the risk of a future preterm birth, as compared to miscarriage without surgical (ie D&C) intervention. Many women go to a hospital emergency room, probably hoping for reassurance that all is well, or that the miscarriage can be stopped, when it cannot. In the absence of excessive bleeding, perhaps we should educate mothers about the warning signs and then reassure them that their body will most likely handle the loss as it should, and allow her to grieve her loss instead of overmedicalizing it? m.humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/12/3197.short
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 03:01:53 +0000